Diurodrilidae

Identification guide

The family contains a single genus Diurodrilus. No published records species of Diurodrilidae exist from Australian waters, but two species have been described from New Zealand (Riser, 1984) and unindentified material has recently been collected from Queensland (R. Kristensen personal communication).

Diurodrilus Remane, 1925
Type species Diurodrilus minimus Remane, 1925
Description As for the family.
Comments Six species of Diurodrilus have been described.

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